adaptability

名词 n.
中文释义
英 /ədæptəˈbɪlɪti/    美 /əˌdæptəˈbɪləti/|[əˌdæp.təˈbɪl.ə.ɾi]

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. The quality of being adaptable; a quality that renders adaptable. countable,uncountable
    — But the real test of my adaptability came senior year, when I became chapter president of DKA.
  2. Variability in respect to, or under the influence of, external conditions; susceptibility of an organism to that variation whereby it becomes suited to or fitted for its conditions of environment; the capacity of an organism to be modified by circumstances. countable,uncountable
    — Typically, tarantulas are either terrestrial or arboreal, but the Chilobrachys natanicharum can live in both enivronments^([sic]), the researchers said, demonstrating its adaptability.

词形变化

adaptabilities plural

词汇关系

衍生词
maladaptability pathoadaptability unadaptability
相关词
adapt adaptable adaptableness adaptably adaptation adaptational adaptative adaptatively adaptativeness adaptedness adapter adaption adaptional adaptitude adaptive adaptively adaptly adaptness adaptorial

词源

Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd
Proto-Italic *ad
Proto-Italic *ad-
Latin ad-
Proto-Italic *aptos
Latin aptus
Proto-Indo-European *-h₂
Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂
Proto-Indo-European *-yéti
Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti
Proto-Italic *-āō
Latin -ō
Latin apiō
Proto-Indo-European *-tós
Proto-Italic *-tos
Latin -tus
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Latin -ō
Latin -tō
Latin aptō
Latin adaptōder.
Middle English *adapten
English adapt
Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr
Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom
Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlis
Proto-Italic *-ðlis
Latin -bilis
Latin -ābilis
Old French -ablebor.
Middle English -able
English -able
English adaptable
Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂
Proto-Indo-European *-ts
Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ts
Latin -itāsder.
Old French -itebor.
Middle English -ite
English -ity
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English adapt
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Latin -ābilis
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Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ts
Proto-Italic *-tāts
Latin -tās
Latin -abilitas
Middle French -abletébor.
Middle English -ablete
English -ability
English adaptability
From adaptable + -ity or adapt + -ability.
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